Attachment for horse-blankets.



N0 MODEL.

. E. G. ONEIL; ATTAGHMENT FOR HORSE BLANKETS. Y

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1902.

PATENTED FEB. 17, 1903.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT Orrrc' s.

EDWARD o. oNEiL', or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT res HO Rss-sLANKi-rrs'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.720,839, dated February 17, 1903.

Qpplication an August 5,1802. Serial No. 118,458. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- i

Be it known that L'EDVVARD G. ONEIL, a

an eye 5. Each wire is slidahle in the eye oi its corresponding member, as show-nin B dg..-

citizen of ,the United States, residing in the 4, and the ends of these guide-wires pro ect 55 city and county 01" San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Attachments for Horse-Blankets; andlhereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in' means for holding blankets in position upon horses. its object is to provide a simple, du-f rable, and adjustable securing device by which the blanket may be held down over a horses rump to prevent the blanket hein/g disarranged' or blown off when the horse' iis' exposed to winds or storms.

It comprises the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, havin reference to the accompanying drawings, in which--- I Figure lshows general view of blanket with storm-strap attached. Fig. 2 shows'po'sition "two of these wires for each sprinst, and the of strap when blanket is on -the horse. Fig. 3 shows spring with part removed to-sh'ow guide-wires. ig. 4 shows position of guidewire loops when spring is extended, the spring being partly broken away. I

Arepresents an ordinary horse-blanket laid over the animals back in the usual manner and suit-ably secured around the horses neck. Nearly central of the blanket at. opposite points forward of the dips and adjacent to the horses flanks'jare secured the ends of astrap 2, which is adapted to be passed over the animals buttocks to hold the blanket in position.

The novelty in my invention resides particularly in the position of the points of attachment of the strap and means by which the strap ends are resiliently supported in order to allow the blanket to be quickly put on or taken from the horse and to accommodate for the natural movements of the horse The securing means consist oi coiled metal springs 3, each having one end fastened to a ring on. the blanket and the other to a ring on the: end of the strap. The springs are, guided in their expansion and contraction and arelimited in the extent oi their expansion by means of the looped wires 4. There are wires of each pair are folded centrally to form y from either end of their respective springs and are secured to the rings on the strap and blanket,to' which the spring ends attach. As each wire when so folded is approximately the length of the spring, the eye portions 5 of the wires in each spring will be at opposite ends of the spring when the latter is in normal contracted position, and it is obvious that the distance the ends of aspring maybe separated is approximately twice the length ,of the spring, This allows for all necessary,

movements in adjusting the blanket and-accommodates the blanket comfortably to the movements of the horse.

I am aware that elastic bands have been used tokeep blankets in position; but they have been found objectionable, as they do not retain their elasticity for any length of time and soonbecome frayed and worn.

The springs are far more durable and satisfactory, and the use of'the'guide-wires prevents their becoming pulled out of shape.

, The strap may be made adjustablein lengt and provided with a snap-hook, by which it can be quickly released from one of the Sc springs, if desired, when the strap is to be passedbeneath the reins, as when the horses I are checked back. It has been found by experience that'-the strap ends should be secured at points for- .ward of the hips, as shown, as thereby the I strap can be thrown back over the horse more easily. The same blanket, with its strap attachment, is adapted to horses of various sizes, and what is of the greatest importance on in thehorsemans eyes is that, the blanket is drawn tight around the horse from points well forward of and below the kidneys, so that no wind can penetrate beneath the blanhot, and so chill the horse and possibly cause 5 him to take cold.

The blanket is designed, primarily and essentially, as an outside or storm blanket and not as astable-blanket;

Having thus described my invention, what to I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is-

1. A blanket having a strap uponits outside intermediate ol the ends of the blanket and having an elastic connection therewith, adapted to be passed downwardly ever the said strap adapted. to be passed downwardly blanketand the animals buttocks. to

over the blanket and the animals buttocks. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 2.The combination with a blanket, of a hand.

strap on the outside thereof between the ends, EDWARD C. ONEIL.

and having its ends yieldingly connected to Witnesses:

the blanket at opposite sides at points rela- S. H. N OURSE,

tively'forward of the horses hips, said strap JESSIE O. BRODIE. 

